Zhang D, Shadrin IY, Lam J, Xian HQ, Snodgrass HR, Bursac N. Tissue-engineered cardiac patch for advanced functional maturation of human ESC-derived cardiomyocytes. Biomaterials. 2013 May 2
Kirkton RD, Bursac N. Genetic engineering of somatic cells to study and improve cardiac function. Europace. 2012 Nov;14 Suppl 5:v40-v49
McSpadden LC, Nguyen H, Bursac N. Size and ionic currents of unexcitable cells coupled to cardiomyocytes distinctly modulate cardiac action potential shape and pacemaking activity in micropatterned cell pairs. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2012 Aug 1;5(4):821-3
Bursac N. Colonizing the heart from the epicardial side. Stem Cell Res Ther. 2012 Apr 30;3(2):15
Liau B, Zhang D, Bursac N. Functional cardiac tissue engineering. Regen Med. 2012 Mar;7(2):187-206
Piacentino Iii V, Milano CA, Bolanos M, Schroder J, Messina E, Cockrell AS, Jones E, Krol A, Bursac N, Mao L, Devi GR, Samulski RJ, Bowles DE. X-Linked Inhibitor of Apoptosis Protein-Mediated Attenuation of Apoptosis, Using a Novel Cardiac-Enhanced Adeno-Associated Viral Vector. Hum Gene Ther. 2012 Mar 13
Scull JA, McSpadden LC, Himel HD 4th, Badie N, Bursac N. Single-Detector Simultaneous Optical Mapping of V (m) and [Ca (2+)] (i) in Cardiac Monolayers. Ann Biomed Eng. 2012 May;40(5):1006-17
Bian W, Juhas M, Pfeiler TW, Bursac N. Local Tissue Geometry Determines Contractile Force Generation of Engineered Muscle Networks. Tissue Eng Part A. 2012 Jan 4
Bian W, Bursac N. Soluble miniagrin enhances contractile function of engineered skeletal muscle. FASEB J. 2012 Feb;26(2):955-65
Badie N, Scull JA, Klinger RY, Krol A, Bursac N. Conduction block in micropatterned cardiomyocyte cultures replicating the structure of ventricular cross-sections. Cardiovasc Res. 2012 Feb 1;93(2):263-71
Liau B, Christoforou N, Leong KW, Bursac N. Pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiac tissue patch with advanced structure and function. Biomaterials. 2011 Dec;32(35):9180-7
Wang C, Hennessey JA, Kirkton RD, Wang C, Graham V, Puranam RS, Rosenberg PB, Bursac N, Pitt GS. Fibroblast growth factor homologous factor 13 regulates Na+ channels and conduction velocity in murine hearts. Circ Res. 2011 Sep 16;109(7):775-82
Kirkton RD, Bursac N. Engineering biosynthetic excitable tissues from unexcitable cells for electrophysiology and cell therapy studies. Nat Commun. 2011;2:300.
Hinds S, Bian W, Dennis RG, Bursac N. The role of extracellular matrix composition in structure and function of bioengineered skeletal muscle.Biomaterials. 2011 Feb 13. [Epub ahead of print]
Christoforou N, Oskouei BN, Esteso P, Hill CM, Zimmet JM, Bian W, Bursac N, Leong KW, Hare JM, Gearhart JD. Implantation of mouse embryonic stem cell-derived cardiac progenitor cells preserves function of infarcted murine hearts. PLoS One. 2010 Jul 12;5(7):e11536.
Tranquillo JV, Badie N, Henriquez CS, Bursac N. Collision-based spiral acceleration in cardiac media: roles of wavefront curvature and excitable gap. Biophys J. 2010 Apr 7;98(7):1119-28.
Bursac N, Kirkton RD, McSpadden LC, Liau B. Characterizing functional stem cell-cardiomyocyte interactions. Regen Med. 2010 Jan;5(1):87-105
Badie N, Satterwhite L, Bursac N. A method to replicate the microstructure of heart tissue in vitro using DTMRI-based cell micropatterning. Ann Biomed Eng. 2009 Dec;37(12):2510-21.
Bian W, Liau B, Badie N, Bursac N. Mesoscopic hydrogel molding to control the 3D geometry of bioartificial muscle tissues. Nat Protoc. 2009;4(10):1522-34.
McSpadden LC, Kirkton RD, Bursac N. Electrotonic loading of anisotropic cardiac monolayers by unexcitable cells depends on connexin type and expression level. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2009 Aug;297(2):C339-51.
Pedrotty DM, Klinger RY, Kirkton RD, Bursac N. Cardiac fibroblast paracrine factors alter impulse conduction and ion channel expression of neonatal rat cardiomyocytes. Cardiovasc Res. 2009 Sep 1;83(4):688-97.
Badie N, Bursac N. Novel micropatterned cardiac cell cultures with realistic ventricular microstructure. Biophys J. 2009 May 6;96(9):3873-85.
Bursac N. Cardiac tissue engineering using stem cells. IEEE Eng Med Biol Mag. 2009 Mar-Apr;28(2):80, 82, 84-6, 88-9.
Bian W, Bursac N. Engineered skeletal muscle tissue networks with controllable architecture. Biomaterials. 2009 Mar;30(7):1401-12.
Bian W, Bursac N. Tissue engineering of functional skeletal muscle: challenges and recent advances. IEEE Eng Med Biol Mag. 2008 Sep-Oct;27(5):109-13.
Kirkton RD, Bursac N. Genetic engineering and stem cells: combinatorial approaches for cardiac cell therapy. IEEE Eng Med Biol Mag. 2008 May-Jun;27(3):85-8.
Pedrotty DM, Klinger RY, Badie N, Hinds S, Kardashian A, Bursac N. Structural coupling of cardiomyocytes and noncardiomyocytes: quantitative comparisons using a novel micropatterned cell pair assay. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2008 Jul;295(1):H390-400.
Klinger R, Bursac N. Cardiac cell therapy in vitro: reproducible assays for comparing the efficacy of different donor cells. IEEE Eng Med Biol Mag. 2008 Jan-Feb;27(1):72-80.
Bursac N. Stem cell therapies for heart disease: why do we need bioengineers? IEEE Eng Med Biol Mag. 2007 Jul-Aug;26(4):76-9.